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PRESS RELEASE: WS Provides COVID-19 Vaccination Event at the Greenbelt Metro in Greenbelt, MD

WasteStrategies Again Selected to Provide Collection Containers & Removal/Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste at Another Walk-Through Community Vaccination Center (CVC). This Time at the Greenbelt Metro in Greenbelt, MD.

Annapolis, MD – April 2, 2021. FEMA has again selected Maryland based waste management and disposal company WasteStrategies to support large scale COVID-19 vaccination efforts. WasteStrategies will provide medical waste collection and biohazard waste removal/disposal at a walk-through Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the Greenbelt Metro in Greenbelt, MD., beginning April 6, 2021 and lasting fifty-six (56) days.

PRESS RELEASE: WS Provides COVID-19 Vaccination Event at Military Circle Mall in Norfolk, VA

WasteStrategies to Provide Collection Containers & Removal/Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste at the Type II COVID-19 fixed walk-through Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the Military Circle Mall in Norfolk, VA.

Norfolk, VA – March 29, 2021. Maryland based WasteStrategies was again tapped by FEMA to provide medical waste containers for the safe collection of needles and other biohazard waste produced by the walk-through Community Vaccination Center (CVC) at the Military Circle Mall in Norfolk, VA beginning March 29, 2021 and lasting fifty-six (56) days.

PRESS RELEASE: WS Provides COVID-19 Vaccination Event at Dover Speedway

WasteStrategies to Provide Collection Containers & Removal/Disposal of Regulated Medical Waste from Drive-Thru COVID-19 Vaccination Event at Dover Speedway

Dover, DE – February 19, 2021. Maryland based WasteStrategies was tapped by FEMA to provide medical waste containers for the safe collection of needles and other biohazard waste produced by the Drive-Thru COVID-19 Vaccination Event at Dover Speedway February 20-25, 2021.

Ebola Waste Preparedness

A straight forward plan to deal with an issue that may seem new to many of you however this issue has been successfully addressed for decades. It’s all over the news, landfills that won’t accept ashes from incinerated waste, towns and states that won’t let waste be transported across their borders, special permits, Category A Packaging, warehouses full of drums and 6mil liners. STOP! Realize that all this public backlash and 3rd party noise is due to the fact that YOU do not have a plan. It’s really that simple.

Proposed Rule: EPA Adding Aerosol Cans to the Universal Waste Regulations

EPA is proposing to add hazardous waste aerosol cans to those “universal wastes” regulated under title 40 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), part 273. This change in the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations, once finalized, will reduce regulatory costs of a wide variety of establishments generating and managing aerosol cans, including the retail sector, by providing a clear, practical system for handling discarded aerosol cans.

Final Rule: EPA Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements

The EPA Administrator signed the final Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule on October 28, 2016 and it was published in the Federal Register (FR) on November 28, 2016.

RX Waste, It’s Time to Reconsider Your Approach

Whether we are your current on-site waste management partner or you are now considering our services, WasteStrategies approaches all your waste and environmental sustainability impacts as opportunities for savings rather than additional sources of revenue!

4 Red Flags in an Environmental Management System Audit

Is your environmental management system working for you or are you working for it?

An all-too-common approach to running an environmental management system (EMS) is a procedural, documentation-oriented approach where the mere existence of EMS procedures makes an organization falsely believe they have an effective program. In fact, this procedural-documentation approach often does little more that bog down the organization with little in the way of real outcomes.